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Henrik WieseFlautist & Musicologist

Between the score and the written word,
in search of music's true sound

FluteGermany2027 Nova Lux Main Artist

Henrik Wiese is counted among the masters of today's classical music world, combining outstanding artistry as a performer with scholarly depth

Principal flute of one of the world's foremost orchestras and a distinguished musicologist, he is a synaesthete who perceives sound as colour. With his distinctive tone and profound musicianship, he is one of Germany's leading flautists, cherished by audiences around the world

Reliable, up-to-date musical text, with critical commentary
– Jury of the 2022 German Music Edition Prize (BEST EDITION), on “The Piccolo & Alto Flute Audition”

Profile

Born	1971, Vienna, Austria
Education	Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg → graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich – began teaching himself the flute at the age of nine
Teachers	Ingrid Koch-Dörnbrack · Paul Meisen
Other	Also studied the humanities, including visual arts and Indology – his synaesthesia (coloured hearing) has been featured in major German media

Career

1995Recruited by Zubin Mehta while still a student at the Munich University of Music – principal flute of the Bavarian State Opera orchestra (Bavarian State Orchestra) for 11 years
2006–presentPrincipal flute and soloist with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) – working closely with masters such as Jansons and Rattle
Has appeared as soloist with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie and others, performing across North and South America, Asia and Europe

Competitions

1995Winner, German Music Competition (Deutscher Musikwettbewerb)
1996–1998Successive prizes at the Elise Meyer, Kobe International Flute and Carl Nielsen competitions
2000ARD International Music Competition, Munich, flute – 2nd Prize with no 1st Prize awarded (highest placing)

Editions & Writing

Editor for G. Henle Verlag and Breitkopf & Härtel – leading Urtext editions of Mozart, C.P.E. Bach and Haydn
His research and editing of Mozart's flute concertos (K. 313 · 314) set a standard reference · rediscovered Carl Reinecke's Concerto, Op. 283
2022“The Piccolo & Alto Flute Audition” received the German Music Edition Prize (BEST EDITION) – his earlier book “The Flute Audition” (2017) won the National Flute Association's 2019 Music Award (USA)
Author of the method “Vom Klang zum Ausdruck” · numerous articles in scholarly journals including the “Mozart-Jahrbuch”

Teaching & Juries

Former full professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen (2018) and the Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg (2020)
Juror at the world's three major flute competitions, including Kobe, Munich (ARD) and Geneva